Chapter 61 The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back
The porridge was delivered quickly, and Qin Mo brought it to Shen Zhichu, "This is medicinal porridge, it nourishes the stomach, eat some if you can."
Shen Zhichu opened his mouth mechanically and swallowed the porridge Qin Mo fed him mouthful by mouthful. Although it was a medicinal porridge, it had a hint of sweetness. It was made with millet and was cooked very soft and sticky.
Chen Zhichu didn't know how long he had slept. He didn't feel hungry before, but now he couldn't stop eating the porridge, and the whole bowl of porridge was soon finished.
"Do you want more?" Qin Mo asked.
Shen Zhichu shook his head: "I'm full."
Qin Mo put down the bowl and tucked her in. "If you're tired, take a nap."
"I can't sleep." Shen Zhichu glanced out the window, "What time is it now?"
"One o'clock."
Shen Zhichu's expression changed a little. She frowned and said in a hoarse voice, "I should be fine now. I want to go back."
"Where are you going back to?" Qin Mo's face immediately darkened. "You still want to go back to Bancheng?"
Shen Zhichu pursed his lips and said nothing, his attitude clearly indicating that he agreed with what Qin Mo said.
Qin Mo was furious, feeling a bit frustrated and anxious: "What on earth are you thinking? Li Jingshen treated you like this, and you still want to go back! This time he tied you up on the balcony and made you kneel on the glass, next time he might just hang you with a rope! How many lives do you have left for him to torture you with?"
Qin Mo was really going crazy. He even wanted to pry open Shen Zhichu's brain to see what she was thinking. Why did she always like to hit the wall?
"Qin Mo, I know you are doing this for my own good."
Qin Mo: "What do you know..."
Shen Zhichu interrupted him: "I'm already halfway to the gates of hell. The worst that can happen is that I die a few days earlier, but I can't leave my brother alone."
Qin Mo was so smart that she instantly understood from these words that Li Jingshen was using Shen Xiuli to threaten her.
"Why do you care about your brother? You recognize him as your brother, but that doesn't mean he recognizes you as his sister. You can't even take care of yourself, and yet you care about others? Think about your illness, think about the pressure on you, you have to know that it's never the straw that breaks the camel's back!"
Shen Zhichu didn't refute. She looked at Qin Mo seriously, her eyes gradually turning red: "But I don't want to bear another life on my shoulders."
"My father died because of me, and I don't want my brother to die because of me too. Qin Mo, I understand what you said, but think about it, I only have a little over a year to live, isn't it a good deal to exchange them for decades?"
Shen Zhichu lowered her eyes and looked at her scarred hands. The image of her father jumping to his death appeared in her mind, and her body shuddered uncontrollably.
It is not always the one straw that breaks the camel's back, but it is often the last straw that plays the biggest role.
"If you owe someone your life, you must pay it back." But she has never been able to pay it back in this lifetime.
At this moment, Shen Zhichu was like a camel walking tiredly in the desert. Qin Mo looked at Shen Zhichu with a complicated expression, his throat choked and he didn't know what to say.
Shen Zhichu values relationships the most, which is her weakness. In addition to worrying about Shen Xiuli, she is also afraid of implicating Qin Mo. For example, last time Li Jingshen ruthlessly twisted Qin Mo's arm in front of her.
That time he just broke his arm, but what about next time... Shen Zhichu didn't dare to gamble.
"I want to go back." Shen Zhichu emphasized again, "Please let me go back."
"I can let you go back, but can you walk with these legs?"
Shen Zhichu tried to move his legs, but he couldn't muster any strength. He was afraid that he would fall down as soon as his legs touched the ground.
"Then give me your phone and I'll call Li Jingshen."
Qin Mo took out a cell phone from his white coat and handed it to Shen Zhichu. After she dialed the number, he turned and walked to the window.
The call was connected, Shen Zhichu swallowed his saliva and said in a hoarse voice: "Li Jingshen."
"Chen Zhichu, you still remember to call me?!"
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